Previous title: Handbook of fluorescent probes and research products

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fluorophores and their amine-reactive derivatives -- Thiol-reactive probes -- Click chemistry and other functional group modifications -- Biotin and hapten derivatives -- Crosslinking and photoactivatable reagents -- Ultrasensitive detection technology -- Antibodies, avidins and lectins -- Nucleic acid detection and analysis -- Protein detection and analysis -- Enzyme substrates and assays -- Probes for cytoskeletal proteins -- Probes for organelles -- Probes for lipids and membranes -- Fluorescent tracers of cell morphology and fluid flow -- Assays for cell viability, proliferation and function -- Probes for endocytosis, receptors and ion channels -- Probes for signal transduction -- Probes for reactive oxygen species, including nitric oxide -- Indicators for Cap2+s, Mg p2+s, Znp2+s and other metal ions -- pH indicators -- Indicators for NAp+s, Kp+s, Clp-s and miscellaneous ions -- Probes for membrane potential -- Antifades and other tools for fluorescence.